Cases might alter president's support for narrow use of executions
(NEWSER) - As if reviving the economy, reforming health care, taming North Korea, and forging relations with Iran weren’t challenges enough, President Obama may soon have to deal with the death penalty. Within months, the cases of six federal death-row inmates, all black and all convicted of capital murder, could land on his desk. He’s on record pressing for death penalty reforms, but also supporting the death penalty for particularly heinous crimes, Politico reports. More»
